Articles by Dan Anderson
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Career Services provides assistance to 2010 grads with online branding and reputation management
August 17, 2010
More and more young adults are becoming aware of the importance of how they are seen by others online and the consequences this can have on their future. For the past several years, a new step in the traditional hiring process utilized by HR offices and even graduate and professional school admissions officers is the “Internet pre-screen.”
Elon Campus Shop offers textbook rentals for fall 2010
August 13, 2010
Elon’s Campus Shop has launched a textbook rental program that can save students and their families more than 50 percent over a new book purchase. Nearly a third of all titles in the bookstore will be available for rent during the fall 2010 semester – and, yes, students can feel free to highlight passages and write in the margins.
New student orientation Aug. 27-30
August 11, 2010
John Sullivan publishes essay on joy
August 11, 2010
John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, has published a new essay titled “The Doorway to Joy.”
Elon alumnus David Powell named CEO of Piedmont Triad Partnership
August 10, 2010
David M. Powell '86 has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Piedmont Triad Partnership, one of seven regional economic development partnerships in North Carolina. PTP is the economic development organization representing the 12-county Piedmont Triad region.
Paul Parsons named president of ASJMC
August 9, 2010
Paul Parsons, dean of the School of Communications, formally became president of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC) at a national conference in Denver, Colo., on Aug. 6.
News 14, Fox 8 News feature Elon geothermal project
August 5, 2010
Elon's project to use geothermal technology to heat and cool the new Colonnades residence halls was featured in reports on News 14 Carolina, Time-Warner Cable's statewide news network, and the Triad's Fox 8 news.
Summer institute benefits science/math teachers
August 4, 2010
Elon's Department of Mathematics is hosting the third summer institute titled TEAMS (Teachers Empowering all Students in Mathematics and Science), Aug. 2-6. About 60 elementary and middle school teachers from Alamance-Burlington, Vance and Orange counties are on campus for the institute.
Trustee Emeritus Roger Gant, Jr. 1924 – 2010
July 28, 2010
Roger Gant Jr., who served on Elon's board of trustees for 20 years, died July 26 at the age of 86. Gant was former president of Glen Raven Inc. and a second-generation descendant of the textile company's founder.
Elon team leads coverage of IGF-USA in Washington
July 22, 2010
A ten-member team from Elon's Imagining the Internet Center and School of Communications was in Washington, D.C., July 21 to produce documentary journalistic coverage at the Internet Governance Forum-USA at the Georgetown University Law Center.